GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2025-12-19T00:31:42Z
Modified
2025-12-20T12:25:57.890723Z
Severity
  • 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Elasticsearch privileged authenticated users can cause DoS through Excessive Resource Allocation
Details

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770) in Elasticsearch can allow an authenticated user with snapshot restore privileges to cause Excessive Allocation (CAPEC-130) of memory and a denial of service (DoS) via crafted HTTP request.

Database specific 
{
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-19T21:07:24Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-770"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-18T23:15:49Z",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

Maven

org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core

Package

Name
org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.19.8

Affected versions

6.*

6.8.11
6.8.12
6.8.13
6.8.14
6.8.15
6.8.16
6.8.17
6.8.18
6.8.19
6.8.20
6.8.21
6.8.22
6.8.23

7.*

7.8.1
7.9.0
7.9.1
7.9.2
7.9.3
7.10.0
7.10.1
7.10.2
7.11.0
7.11.1
7.11.2
7.12.0
7.12.1
7.13.0
7.13.1
7.13.2
7.13.3
7.13.4
7.14.0
7.14.1
7.14.2
7.15.0
7.15.1
7.15.2
7.16.0
7.16.1
7.16.2
7.16.3
7.17.0
7.17.1
7.17.2
7.17.3
7.17.4
7.17.5
7.17.6
7.17.7
7.17.8
7.17.9
7.17.10
7.17.11
7.17.12
7.17.13
7.17.14
7.17.15
7.17.16
7.17.17
7.17.18
7.17.19
7.17.20
7.17.21
7.17.22
7.17.23
7.17.24
7.17.25
7.17.26
7.17.27
7.17.28
7.17.29

8.*

8.0.0-alpha1
8.0.0-alpha2
8.0.0-beta1
8.0.0-rc1
8.0.0-rc2
8.0.0
8.0.1
8.1.0
8.1.1
8.1.2
8.1.3
8.2.0
8.2.1
8.2.2
8.2.3
8.3.0
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.3.3
8.4.0
8.4.1
8.4.2
8.4.3
8.5.0
8.5.1
8.5.2
8.5.3
8.6.0
8.6.1
8.6.2
8.7.0
8.7.1
8.8.0
8.8.1
8.8.2
8.9.0
8.9.1
8.9.2
8.10.0
8.10.1
8.10.2
8.10.3
8.10.4
8.11.0
8.11.1
8.11.2
8.11.3
8.11.4
8.12.0
8.12.1
8.12.2
8.13.0
8.13.1
8.13.2
8.13.3
8.13.4
8.14.0
8.14.1
8.14.2
8.14.3
8.15.0
8.15.1
8.15.2
8.15.3
8.15.4
8.15.5
8.16.0
8.16.1
8.16.2
8.16.3
8.16.4
8.16.5
8.16.6
8.17.0
8.17.1
8.17.2
8.17.3
8.17.4
8.17.5
8.17.6
8.17.7
8.17.8
8.17.9
8.17.10
8.18.0
8.18.1
8.18.2
8.18.3
8.18.4
8.18.5
8.18.6
8.18.7
8.18.8
8.19.0
8.19.1
8.19.2
8.19.3
8.19.4
8.19.5
8.19.6
8.19.7

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq.json"

org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core

Package

Name
org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
9.0.0
Fixed
9.1.8

Affected versions

9.*

9.0.0
9.0.1
9.0.2
9.0.3
9.0.4
9.0.5
9.0.6
9.0.7
9.0.8
9.1.0
9.1.1
9.1.2
9.1.3
9.1.4
9.1.5
9.1.6
9.1.7

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq.json"

org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core

Package

Name
org.elasticsearch.plugin:x-pack-core
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch.plugin/x-pack-core

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
9.2.0
Fixed
9.2.2

Affected versions

9.*

9.2.0
9.2.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq/GHSA-gphj-4h6p-37xq.json"